Even on the foggiest of days, beauty still finds a way to shine through

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Originally Posted by rpcrowe

Brian stated that the clouds need some more impact and looking at the image, I agree...

I used NIK Viveza, globally, decreased brightness, increased contrast, increased structure, increased saturation and decreased the shadows slider for this result:

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-.../i-m8zhcfh.jpg

Thank you for posting your examples of the images :)

Then I used a Viveza control point to select the bright area at the center bottom of image and slightly decreased brightness and saturation to take away emphasis on that area. Finally I placed control point to select the tree at image right and used the shadows slider to open the shadows for a final result...

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-.../i-QjBhDFt.jpg

I am not sure if I like this better with a border or with out...

https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-.../i-nXPM494.jpg

Even on the foggiest of days, beauty still finds a way to shine through - CC Please